Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow is an American director, producer and writer. Her films include the vampire Western horror film Near Dark, the action crime film Point Break, the science fiction action thriller Strange Days, the mystery thriller The Weight of Water, the submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker, the war film The Hurt Locker, the action thriller war film Zero Dark Thirty, and the short film Last Days of Ivory. The Hurt Locker won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth27 November 1951
CitySan Carlos, CA
CountryUnited States of America
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.
I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not.
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
I do have to say I have been very fortunate.
I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.
I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.